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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Where the revolving door was fully developed






2. Date: 1839-1906 Important: Painted Mount Saint Victoire in Aix en- Provence over 60 times. Each painting is different b/c of angle and light -Trust your own eyes - and fanatic for the truth -Light- vibrations of color-Like an impressionist- heavy han






3. A plain woven lightweight - extremely sheer - airy - and soft silk fabric - containing highly twisted filament yarns. The fabric - used mainly in evening dresses and scarves - can also be made from rayon and other manufactured fibers






4. Process of smoothing metal surface witha flat or slightly round-faced hammer






5. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






6. A coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue - stiff-finished cotton or linen used for linings of garments






7. Known for his glass sculpture






8. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






9. A simple printmaking technique in which ink or paint is appleid to a metal or plastic plate - worked with various tools - and then printed onto paper using a press - roller - or other pressure.






10. A fabric-dyeing method which uses wax to coat areas that don't need to be dyed






11. This technique is so called because its finished prints often resemble watercolors or wash drawings. It is a favorite method of printmakers to achieve a wide range of tonal values. The technique consists of exposing the plate to acid through a layer






12. Wrought iron - hammered copper - painted tin NOT pewter






13. An Italian movement begun shortly before and during WWI. It depicted dynamic movement and stressed the violence and speed of the Machine Age. They advocated revolution and glorified war.(Balla - Severini - Boccioni)






14. Joining small pieces of metal together using molten metal - bonding metals and alloys that melt at temperatures below 840






15. Spanish founder of cubism; made Les Demoiselles d'Avignon to seek to create a new visual reality and provoke revolutionary upheaval; his figures are broken into large - flat planes with dislocated body parts; used African masks; very non-Western; Gue






16. A style of abstractionism popular in the 1960s - modern technique with which a painter creates optical illusions with the use of dazzling patterns - abstract art athat uses geometric shapes and vivid colors to create optical illusions - such as an il






17. The threads running from side to side across a fabric; wool






18. Technique of ornamenting in which small grains of metal - usually gold - are soldered to a flat surface






19. Pottery that has been fired but not yet glazed.






20. A coarse - inexpensive - woven fabric; often used for making grain sacks






21. Printing process in which the printing plate that has raised that is rolled with ink to print.






22. Application of potassium sulphide






23. Made possible by the contrariety between grease and water - printing produced through the use of ink on a flat surface (e.g. - stone or metal - A print produced by a printing process in which a smooth surface is treated so that the ink will adhere on






24. Printmaking where the design is scratched into the steel plate with a hard - steel tool






25. Technique of shading using dots to control value






26. Yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof






27. In lithography - a waxy substance used to draw or paint images on a lithographic stone or plate






28. Watercolor with inert white pigment mixed in. Inert pigment is pigment that becomes colorless or virtually colorless paint. In gouache - it serves to make the color opaque - which means it is used at full length - watercolor mixed with a high concent






29. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






30. Embroidery done in cross-stitch on fine single net






31. A water-base paint made with casein (which is a protein precipitated from milk)






32. Journalist who questioned the policies of the governor of New York in the 1700's. He was jailed; he sued - and this court case was the basis for our freedom of speech and press. He was found not guilty.






33. Enameling technique - used more gold and less color than cloisonne. Starts with thick gold piece - cut tiny troughs wherever want color to be - gold is most prominent in end - rarely has patterns engraved.






34. Method of painting in which the colors are mixed with egg yolk or other substances - instead of oil






35. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






36. Material used to imbed rings - bracelets - necklaces -etc when making hand-wrought jewelry






37. Pale green






38. Term used to describe the many degrees of shading between black and white






39. To raise a relief design on the surface of paper through pressure-raised paper to form image - with or without ink printed






40. Formed in relief by beating a metal plate from the back - leaving the impression on the face






41. A philosophical doctrine and literary and dramatic movement that insists on the existence of individuals as basic and important. believes that the world is inhernetly meaningless and individuals must find meaning in their literal - concrete existence






42. A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops






43. Which emphasized the artist's free expression of emotion - flourished in Germany in the year immediately prior to the outbreak of World War I. Georges Rouault (1871-1958) - a French painter - is regarded as this type of painter. Portrayal of reality






44. A decorative design made of one material sewn over another






45. Renowned for paintings and prints






46. Period in which stained glass windows were introduced for church decoration






47. Term used to visualize a recreation of audio-video






48. Incised engraving - the process of printing from engraved plates - a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate - ex: the plate is smeared with ink and Then wiped clean. The ink left in the recesses is what makes the print.






49. An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing - An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing






50. A loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads - French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)